beep Gallery artist Jen Ditchick's popular photographic series “It’s A Ducks Life” will be hitting the art circuit...
GET:ART
In February 2007, GET: ART will
once again bring together an interested public with curated
works by stellar artists
of eclectic talents via a unique format: all artworks will be
grouped into 6 price points between $100 and $2,500.
All sales benefit Project Angel Food’s free meal-delivery program with the mission to
nourish the body and spirit of men, women and children affected by HIV/AIDs and other
serious illnesses. Over 1,300 meals are delivered every day to clients ranging in age
from 8-101
FRIDAY 02.16.2007 7pm-10pm Opening reception & sale Hors d’oeuvers & no host bar
SATURDAY 02.17.2007 10am-5pm Open house sale
At the main galleries of Bonhams & Butterfields. 7601 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90046
Universal Pictures – Holly Bario has been named executive vp production.
HBO Films – Julie Goldstein has come aboard as senior vp.
20th Century Fox – Chris Petrikin has joined as senior vp corporate communications.
Paramount Pictures – Nancy Kirkpatrick is leaving her post as executive vp worldwide publicity to start her own company; plans to handle film publicity from preproduction through DVD release on a project-by-project basis and will maintain a relationship with Paramount, working on their titles.
Paramount Pictures - Eric Kops is leaving his post as senior vp publicity to start his own company; has worked in marketing at Sony Pictures and MGM and has 16 projects in development for his new shingle.
Fangoria Entertainment – established a feature division and tapped studio exec Brian Witten to head up the banner; will focus on original horror-genre projects and forge alliances with studios and indies for production and distribution.
Unnamed - Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke and Steve Starkey are forming a new performance capture film company based at Walt Disney Studios; the company will perform all of the technique’s labor-intensive functions in-house; Disney will distribute and market its films worldwide.
New Movies:
“Nottingham” – Universal Pictures; Imagine Entertainment, Brian Grazer; no dir. attached yet; Russell Crowe to star.
“Nights in Rodanthe” – Warner Bros.; Village Roadshow Pictures; no dir. attached yet; Richard Gere and Diane Lane to star; shooting to begin in late May.
“Invaders” – Warner Bros. Pictures; Thunder Road; Pierce/Williams Entertainment; spec script purchased from scribe Jayson Rothwell.
“Christmas in Connecticut” remake – Warner Bros. Pictures; no writer assigned yet; Jennifer Garner set to topline the pic.
Okay we’re off to the start of hopefully a beautiful 2007. Here are a few of my favs to kick off the new year!
FAVORITE MOVIE:
DREAMGIRLS (I know this came out in 2006 – but it’s still playing in 2007 – had to discuss)
Based on the 1981 Broadway musical comes Dreamgirls (which I was so fortunate to see as a little girl), a story of greed, tough hate, and romance. Three young women Deena Jones (Knowles), Effie White (Hudson), and Lorrell Robinson (Rose) desire to become pop stars and get their wish when they're picked to be backup singers for the legendary James "Thunder" Early (Murphy). Then they're set free for leads, but Curtis Taylor (Foxx) and Effie's brother C.C. (Robinson) decide for Deena to be lead which upsets Effie.
This movie contains both original Broadway and new songs and it's one movie that the whole family will enjoy! With Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Hudson, Anika Noni Rose, Eddie Murphy, Jamie Foxx, Keith Robinson, and Danny Glover!
Bill Condon's glitzy adaptation of the '80s Broadway hit reaches a very high peak with its centrepiece. As Effie, the most talented but least svelte member of a Supremes-like group named the Dreams, Jennifer Hudson sings "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going" with such desperate fury and unbridled chutzpah.
It's also got a refreshingly cynical take on the clash between entrepreneurial drive and artistic fulfillment, the former quality being embodied by the Dreams' slick manager Curtis Taylor Jr. (Jamie Foxx). He wants to get black talent on the white pop charts without losing control to The Man. With great success comes ever greater compromises and he betrays Effie when he makes the more crossover-friendly Deena (Beyoncé Knowles) the Dreams' lead singer. R&B star James "Thunder" Early (Eddie Murphy) also bucks at Curtis' control.
Go see this in the theaters before it goes to DVD – LOVE LOVE LOVE.
FAVORITE TV SHOW:
THE OFFICE
Based on the popular British series of the same name, this faster-paced American version follows the daily interactions of a group of idiosyncratic office employees via a documentary film crew's cameras.
If youve ever worked in a modern office youll like this show. Hilarious and emotional............
Filled with so many ups and downs. The branch is closed, the branch is saved, Jim is back, Jim doesn't want to go back, Jim is back!_Between the sheer hilarity of the stupidity of Dwight and Michael esp. at the end.."We did it! We did it" and the roller coaster of happiness YEA!! Jim and Pam will see each other again.
SO FUNNY – great way to spend a Thursday night! NBC @ 8pm
Wishing all of you a fabulous new year – looking forward to all the faves in 2007.
Love,
Jen D
ps - here is a mushy clip of Pam & Jim moments just for fun :)
Universal Pictures – Lawrence Grey is finalizing an agreement to join as vp production; was most recently vp at Fox Atomic.
BermanBraun – production venture, currently in formative stage, formed by former Paramount Pictures president Gail Berman and former Yahoo! Media Group chief Lloyd Braun; company aims to focus primarily on TV and film production at the outset but will delve into original content for Internet and emerging media platforms.
20th Century Fox – Hutch Parker has been upped to vice chairman of 20th Century Fox Film Group and will now be overseeing both 20th Century Fox and Fox Animation; Vanessa Morrison has been upped to president of Fox Animation; Emma Watts and Alex Young to serve as co-prexies of production at 20th Century Fox; Debbie Liebling is moving from exec VP of production at 20th Century Fox to president of production at Fox Atomic.
DreamWorks Animation – Aardman, the British claymation giant, has officially terminated its five-picture deal with DreamWorks.
New Movies:
“Australia” – 20th Century Fox; dir. by Baz Luhrmann; David Wenham to appear opposite Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman; shooting begins in April in northern Australia.
“NowhereLand” – Paramount Pictures, Lorenzo di Bonaventura; scripted by Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson; no dir. attached yet; starring vehicle for Eddie Murphy; studio has greenlit the film for a summer start.
“Alvin and the Chipmunks” – Fox 2000 and Fox Animation; Bagdasarian Prods., Ross Bagdasarian Jr. and Janice Karman; Tim Hill in negotiations to direct.
“Lions for Lambs” – United Artists; dir. by Robert Redford; Derek Luke set to star joining cast that includes Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, Redford and Michael Pena.
beep Gallery artist Jen Ditchick's popular photographic series “It’s A Ducks Life” will be hitting the art circuit...
